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Pretty sure Samurai has single rider ages ago right? If so, they've bought it back, put it in the same place as the Fastrack queue and basically not changed the system they operated before which was unsuccessful? Seems odd. I'm all for single rider queues if they're put in a logical place, with their own dedicated queue line, and don't affect operations of the rides themselves. But bringing back the system which didn't work for the park in the first place seems...illogical?

That Sky News interview was one of the most frustrating things I have ever listened to. The guy at the end saying how Varney must know what has gone wrong was so frustrating too. There's trying to create a story and there's just being down-right ridiculous. Varney looked like he wanted cry during that interview too... Just argh.

The park will remain shut tomorrow, as confirmed by their social media team.

Fury and Rattlesnake were both open yesterday on normal service, for the record.

Yeah, well that's clearly bull, given the time of the tweet and the hashtags. The company stated that the person who posted it was an inexperienced / trainee member of their social media team who has been dealt with appropriately.

The trains look like a constipated HeMan that's had his hands tied behind his back... :/

Looks like the area around the shop / some general plaza for the ride? Probably needed because there's some track nearby and it's needed to show in case anyone trespasses? --- On the note of 'stopping at the top of the loop' thing, it's frustrating to hear because not only is it complete rubbish, but if it actually had stopped, then valleyed, it would have had less impact with the other car and potentially have caused less damage than it actually has done.. :/

If that's the case, don't ever try Shockwave at Drayton.

Thorpe's Twitter has stated there are no planned closures for tomorrow, so Saw will presumably reopen then.

It seems that other Merlin attractions (specifically Thorpe) are accepting tickets that could have been used today, and also any other days that Alton remain closed because of the incident. Full credit to Towers' (and Merlin in general) social media. They've been handling the situation really well, which is important at times like this.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32980354 Remember, it's always worth taking things from social media with a big pinch of salt, especially if it's someone claiming to be related to an injured guest.

That happens on many of their coasters, possibly because Gerstlauer cement their supports into the ground (as opposed to bolting them in) before attaching the track. It's nothing to be concerned of I think, even if it does look quite concerning during construction!

It's worth remembering that between the beginning of the 2014 season and now, Smiler has been a reliable and popular ride, with only one day closed.

Crikey, this is awful. Really hope none of the injuries are life-changing / lasting. This is going to really affect the park as well. Let's just hope the cause of this is found quickly and any issues can been resolved.

Confession: I did not know that Matt Creek had only gone to Disneyland Paris for the first time this year. Furthermore, I did not know he still has not been to the likes of Europa Park, Efteling, Phantasialand and more.

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Kobra / Wild Asia's planning application was submitted in mid-to-late 2009.

That Spiderman show And I loved the Fright Nites advertising back then; those eyes and that stare really is chilling. 2003 really was a good time for Thorpe really.

TPM Rule 76: Every thread will eventually descend into a string of posts mentioning about a large level of chavs on park (even though there are much less than people make there out to be).

5 days at most theme parks would be excessive. Even during summer, 2 days at Thorpe would surely be enough!?

Which can only be achieved by knowing what the length of the main queue is, surely?

Just as a friendly reminder, cameras/phones aren't allowed on rides whilst they're in operation, and it is strongly discouraged that people try to take photos whilst on a ride.

Argh! Yes, there will be a minority of people who do not have a smartphone whilst they visit Thorpe Park. However, it's a very small minority. It's a slight flaw in the system, yes, but it will only affect a very small number of people. And it's quite possible the solution (a paper system) is just not worthwhile. Your argument is basically the equivalent of saying 'I won't swim in the sea because it contains sharks'. It's a trial system. They of course need to trial it during busy periods, but they ended it trialling it during the 3rd(?) weekend of Fright Nights - notoriously known to be one of the busiest weekends of their busiest time of season. It would have been a much more sensible idea is trial the system during the first or last weekend, which is usually quieter, so that if the system messed up (during a trial), it would cause less havoc. I guess they needed to trial it when the park was at its busiest (as they had trialled it during some busy summer days), but I still think it was brave decision to put the system through its paces in such a way. One would hope that as the trials develop, the system will be able to work on the busiest of days (otherwise they simply won't implement it).

I bet if they were using the dedicated Fastrack queue, it wouldn't look that bad as there would be better control and such. Awful that they're not using it really. Wasn't there also an issue of too many queueing in Inferno's exit queue being classed as a safety hazard? If so, that really isn't good..

So, a ton of the acts been announced to be performing during the event. List put in spoilers because it's so long; I've also included links to all the 'smaller' acts social media pages / website... Dates that have been put in bold are when big performers (highlighted in red) are playing, and the rest of the acts on those dates are the supporting acts / play during the day at the Tidal Wave stage.. They play at The Crust Stage 6:30-9pm and require a concert ticket. All other dates have acts that are performing at the Tidal Wave stage during the day, and are included with any standard entrance ticket. They do two performances - one at 1pm, and one at 5pm (with the park open till either 6pm or 7pm). At the moment, I count that as 64 different acts confirmed so far, with potentially up to 18 more still to be announced. That's pretty impressive! After having a look, there's certainly a mixture in how well known the smaller acts are - with the acts having anywhere between 100 to over 268,000 followers on Twitter. Hopefully this will be successful for the park, and indeed for the performers. It seems to have worked for some acts in the past (Anttix played at Thorpe in 2013 for example, and was virtually unheard of at the time. He's now up to 143k followers on Twitter and seems to be doing alright for himself, as far as small acts go I guess...). Would also be great for the park if they could continue to attract bigger and bigger names.